Saturday’s lineups: Giants try to topple Kershaw

If you slept in this morning like a normal person, here’s the latest on Jake Peavy, now a Giant. Also now a Giant: Andrew Susac, who is here at the park and will take the roster spot of Hector Sanchez, who was placed on the 7-day concussion DL. Busy morning, and now … Kershaw.

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Vogey’s been solid vs Kershaw in the past. Here’s to hoping he steps it up. Also hoping that the Dodgers blew their whole load last night.

Surf Maui

Dont know enough about Peavy to really comment on trade– though that never stops sime from doing so. I was speaking to a Red Sox fan at a meeting today and he said that Peavy has pitched much better than his record/ numbers show.

In general however not upset for trading prospects for someone who may help us win now. We are we
l within the window of winning this year and those opportunities are uncommon so you have to go for it and worry about the future in the future. Aafter all prospects are just that — prospects. abd one knows if they will ever be signficant contubutors at the big league level. See Jesse Foppert.

Just dont know if Peavy is the guy. Hope we find out he is on Sunday

Vegas Giants Fan

Thanks to Atlas here are the players the Giants sent to Fresno to replace Hembree, Escobar and Susac. Ryan Bradley – LHP who will spot start tonight in El Paso for the Grizzlies. Jose Bucardo – RHP – Second trip to Fresno for Bucardo. Ydwin Villegas – SS – Also making a return to Fresno. All three players were on San Jose’s roster. No call-ups from Richmond.

carmot

Peavy is concluding 3 series in his first 4 scheduled starts: LAD, @ MIL, CHW. He’ll open some key series too: COL, @ DET, @ LAD 9/22 if the rotation remains. Fly ball
pitcher, I’ll be especially concerned about his starts in MIL and ARI. Let’s go Jeremy Renner!

I still expect we get Bonifacio. Switch hitter. Can bat 1st or 2nd. Morse’s substitution shortens our bench. We have 5 issues: CF, 2B, leadoff, #2 hitter, bench depth (bat control pinch hitter). He can solve two of those. Gotta get one super-versatile player, CF or 2B. Emilio is the cheapest. Available. And coming off an injury. 2-month rental. He’s a Cubbie middle infielder. AND has played for KC. Had a couple solid seasons. All these factors sound familiar enough? But he’s under-30, is that a deal breaker?

I’m disappointed we can’t develop ANY depth. Even league-average or replacement level. We have to go out of our system for Arias, Hicks, Colvin, Quiroz, Blanco, Ford, Hall, Whiteside, Velez, Abreu and others. Guys like Uggla, Garko, Theriot, Fontenot, Guillen, Francoeur, DeRosa, O Cabrera, Keppinger on some tail end of whatever good they once offered. (Sure let’s also consider Ross, Burrell, and Huff).

Same for arms like Penny, Moscoso, Mijares, Mota, Ramirez, Ray, Petit, Kontos, etc.
What about trying out “one of our guys” for a looksee? Recently… Guys like Heston, Hembree, Lively, Blach, Otero, Fitzgerald, or (gasp!) Kickham or Runzler.

We can’t even try some depth guy like Cavan before signing Arias, Hembree before Rosario, Adrianza before Abreu/Valdez/Tanaka, Gillespie over Brown, or Minicozzi before signing Uggla/Hicks. BTW, I’m not saying stop signing the Michael Broadways or taking chances on guys like Carignan or Matt Chavez. But where’s the opportunity value for our homegrown kids?

BEAT LA!

Vegas Giants Fan

Note: Players traded now cannot have a qualifying offer attached to them after the end of the season. No draft picks either.

Vegas Giants Fan

There isn’t any.

livefreerdi

You put it well. But they aren’t trying their own farmhands because they can’t play. Huge organizational deficiency just developing replacement players. The Giants appear to have challenges teaching the major league game that other organizations don’t have when you look at the relative success of roster-fillers.

DodgersMavericksCowboysMadrid

I am expecting a no hitter tonight with Puig going 5 for 5. Is that too much to ask? Beat those good for nothing scrubs Kershaw

livefreerdi

So right. Win now, because the Dodgers are going to keep getting better in subsequent years. The Giants’ future looks less rosy.

channelclemente

I picked up some scuttlebutt that Peavy had a finger laceration that cost him a couple of starts, and impacted his pitching earlier in the year. Wonder if your RedSox fan friend knows, that set of folks is usually pretty well informed.

The Oracle

It’s a given in the Giants organization the retreads are given preference over young guys, even in the minor leagues. Bless their souls, but those guys in Richmond just weren’t ready for Fresno.

SurfCity

Hope so too. It’s currently 71 degrees at China Basin, so maybe the balls won’t be flying as much.